most missed field goal attempts in a nba game since 1950

Since 1949-50, Wilt Chamberlain has missed the most shots in a game, with 37 misses against the Cincinnati Royals on October 28, 1962.

Interpreted as:
most missed field goal attempts by a player in a NBA regular-season game since 1950
NAMEFG MISSDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37
10/28/1962
SFW SFW
@
CIN CIN
53
53
27
2
23
60
38.3
7
17
41.2
39.3
2
2George Mikan
G. Mikan
35
11/17/1951
MIN MIN
vs
FTW FTW
32
8
43
18.6
16
21
76.2
30.6
3
3Rick Barry
R. Barry
33
2/5/1967
SFW SFW
@
CHI CHI
53
48
9
3
17
50
34.0
14
16
87.5
42.1
4
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33
1/24/1962
PHI PHI
CHI CHI
48
55
32
5
23
56
41.1
9
11
81.8
45.2
1
5Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
33
11/1/1961
NYK NYK
@
DET DET
21
7
40
17.5
7
8
87.5
24.1
6
6Jerry West
J. West
32
1/20/1966
LAL LAL
@
BAL BAL
37
7
7
11
43
25.6
15
15
100.0
37.3
5
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
12/26/1961
PHI PHI
SYR SYR
48
51
29
1
21
53
39.6
9
14
64.3
43.1
2
8Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32
12/8/1961
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
63
31
7
23
55
41.8
17
24
70.8
48.0
4
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
11/27/1960
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
48
41
27
4
16
48
33.3
9
17
52.9
37.0
3
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
12/30/1959
PHI PHI
vs
MIN MIN
46
45
32
3
19
51
37.3
7
11
63.6
40.3
3
11Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
31
11/10/2025
DET DET
vs
WAS WAS
45
46
12
11
5
2
14
45
31.1
2
11
18.2
16
18
88.9
43.5
5
7
2
4
+10
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
11/26/1964
SFW SFW
@
PHI PHI
48
63
32
3
27
58
46.6
9
20
45.0
47.2
2
13Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
1/26/1964
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
48
49
19
2
18
49
36.7
13
24
54.2
41.1
4
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
12/8/1961
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
63
78
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
15Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
30
11/7/2002
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
46
41
9
4
4
0
17
47
36.2
0
8
0.0
7
7
100.0
40.9
2
7
5
3
-3
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
12/11/1962
SFW SFW
vs
SYR SYR
48
61
26
1
27
57
47.4
7
11
63.6
49.3
0
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
2/23/1963
SFW SFW
@
CHI CHI
46
34
22
0
14
43
32.6
6
9
66.7
36.2
3
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
1/10/1960
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
48
35
27
7
13
42
31.0
9
13
69.2
36.7
2
19George Mikan
G. Mikan
29
11/19/1949
MIN MIN
@
AND AND
34
7
36
19.4
20
23
87.0
36.9
6
20Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
28
4/13/2016
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
42
60
4
4
1
1
22
50
44.0
6
21
28.6
10
12
83.3
54.3
0
4
2
1
+7
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
28
1/18/1962
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
48
54
31
3
22
50
44.0
10
16
62.5
47.3
0
22Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
28
11/17/1961
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
44
37
28
8
15
43
34.9
7
9
77.8
39.4
5
23Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
28
10/24/1961
LAL LAL
CIN CIN
31
21
9
37
24.3
13
14
92.9
35.9
5
24Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
28
11/24/1960
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
34
55
4
15
43
34.9
4
10
40.0
35.9
3
25Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
28
1/29/1960
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
29
9
12
11
39
28.2
7
9
77.8
33.8
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for missed field goals going back to the 1982-83 season.

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